As usual, I primed the background with clear gesso. While it was drying, I prepared a paste with 3D Gloss Gel and the Rust and the Gold Opal Magic Mica Powders. I added a first design with this homemade paste and a stencil.

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I covered the journal cover with papers from the Salvage District collection. I added two designs with two different stencils: one with clear crackle paste, the other with 3D Gloss Gel and I leave it to dry.

Today I'm up on Maja Design blog with a layout featuring the Sofiero paper collection. I chose a photo of my family: my grandmother, my father, my aunt and unfortunately I'm not sure who the other two are.

I die-cut some leaves in a watercolor paper. I colored the "Sprouting vine" with Raven Sparks and the leaves with Twinkling H2Os. Then I covered them with the Antique Brillance Amethyst Magic. I added some wax on the background too to add a vintage look.

I colored some flowers with a spray made of Primary Element and water. Before gluing all the embellishments, I added some random stamping with an Archival ink and with the Raven Sparks. I added a little bird house that I colored with the wax too.

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Before priming the background with clear gesso, I glued the paper on a thick cardstock. Then I glued some scrap of papers I've cut in the Flower Fairies collection to add some texture. And I covered them with a thin layer of gesso.

When dry, I added a design with a stencil and 3D Gloss Gel. While it was drying, I painted the chipboards with the Raven Black Sparks, then I added some Mystic Turquoise wax. The result is so beautiful and matched perfectly the color of the background.

I added some random stamping on the background. Then I decided to add some butterflies. I stamped the butterflies on a cardstock and I cut them. Next, I heat embossed them with a silver embossing powder and stamped them while the embossing powder was still hot. The last step was to cover them with the Mystic Turquoise Wax.

I primed the background with clear gesso. When dry I added a first design with a stencil and silver crackle paste. I let dry naturally and added a second design with a second stencil and graphite paste.